CharlieX

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Join date: 29-Nov-2004
Last activity: 18-Sep-2013
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Post: #659193
Topic: Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/659193/action/topic#659193
Time: 10-Sep-2013 11:36 AM — Edited 10-Sep-2013 11:47 AM

nightstalkerpoet said:

@cain spaans start a separate thread. 97 se aren't as sought after but you may have some takers.

@Charliex look for a program called mezzmo. Has been my one stop solution for streaming. 360 is crazy picky with files not fed to it by a media server.

Really what I want is a hard copy. I have a friend who's the biggest Star Wars fan but a complete tech luddite. I was hoping just to burn the files to a blu ray so he could watch on his Ps3. It seems there might be too many GOP flags or something that's causing the intermittent drop outs. I'm going to try to re-encode the avchd and see if that helps.

EDIT: WELL KISS MY GRITS. It was a a bad HMDI connection. Occasionally my Ps3 would display a little snow, but usually settled down after a couple minutes. I was playing 3 hours of Last of Us non-stop without any dropouts. Apparently the problem has gotten worse. I think it's the HDMI connector on the TV, it's a bit loose.... I swapped it with the XBOX connection and Star Wars plays GREAT as a data file from a blu-ray.

Post: #659128
Topic: Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/659128/action/topic#659128
Time: 9-Sep-2013 11:35 PM

Harmy, bless you. These editions are incredible. I forgot about this site back when I finally got my cowclops/tr47 discs...

Has anyone gotten them to play properly on Xbox 360 or Ps3?

I've used Mp4tools for Mac to unwrap the mkv into a m4v file. The Xbox simply doesn't recognize it. My Ps3 will play it (both over Media Server and as a data file burned to blu-ray), but it has occasional black outs and horizontal black glitches in the frame.

It's perfect in VLC on my laptop.

Post: #122350
Topic: <strong>The Cowclops Transfers (a.k.a. the PCM audio DVD's, Row47 set) Info and Feedback Thread</strong> (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/122350/action/topic#122350
Time: 11-Jul-2005 2:22 PM

Originally posted by: Laserman
- at first glance one image might look better than another, but then you realise that the 'better' one might just be more contrastly and lacking detail in the shadow areas and light areas and so on.
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Off topic.... but this is the same crap you get in the audio world. A stereo system at the shop which has boosted bass and treble - your first instinct is to think it sounds better, when in reality you'd have a headache trying to listen to an entire alubm at home... (bose! cough, cough)

Post: #119343
Topic: <strong>The Cowclops Transfers (a.k.a. the PCM audio DVD's, Row47 set) Info and Feedback Thread</strong> (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119343/action/topic#119343
Time: 28-Jun-2005 8:40 PM

looking forward to seeing the new editions! thanks for the hard work dudes!

Post: #119336
Topic: For Trade & Wanted: Definitive/Faces Laserdiscs Wanted - for Trade
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119336/action/topic#119336
Time: 28-Jun-2005 8:28 PM

ebay. i got a great set of Faces, great condition, for something like $65. The DC goes for a lot more. . .

Post: #118147
Topic: 3:2 on laserdisc question
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118147/action/topic#118147
Time: 24-Jun-2005 4:13 PM

There MUST be time compression in NTSC Faces. There's a scene up front with the soldiers running through the halls of the blockade runner, just before you cut to the 2nd time we see 3PO/R2. The 3:2 is going along evenly....and then BLAM there's a repeated frame. After that the 3:2 has shifted. What FUBAR.

But that would actually be time EXPANSION. . .

Post: #118130
Topic: 3:2 on laserdisc question
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118130/action/topic#118130
Time: 24-Jun-2005 3:24 PM

Originally posted by: Darth Editous

If only you guys had gone with a 50Hz electrical supply...

double grrrr.... every day is a new adventure in NTSC land. 25=25=25. simple. here it's 24=23.98=29.97. Wha? It's hard for me to watch PAL because that scan rate looks shimmery to my Amercanized cortex. I've been ruined.

So I haven't yet found a plugin for Shake that allows automatic 3:2 detection (with scene detection). And even for After Effects there's a plugin that's Windoze only. Anyone know of something like this for Mac?

Post: #118120
Topic: 3:2 on laserdisc question
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118120/action/topic#118120
Time: 24-Jun-2005 3:04 PM

grrrr... well that's a royal pain in the ass. Thanks for the feedback. I wonder why that is? I mean normally you'd have a 24fps master of the film on which you applied an even 3:2 the whole way down. It's almost like they had pieces and parts which were telecined at different times, and then they edited them together. What do you suppose they made Faces from? A 2" master?

Post: #118106
Topic: 3:2 on laserdisc question
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118106/action/topic#118106
Time: 24-Jun-2005 2:36 PM

Alright, maybe I'm too used to modern eletronics to solve analog problems.... Is laserdisc encoded 24fps and applies 3:2 on the fly? Or is the disc encoded 29.97. The reason I ask, is I've captured quite a chunk of ANH from the Faces set, and my pulldown is not consistent. It holds for the duration of a scene, but then it switches. (I.E. from WWWSS to WWSSW).

Post: #116242
Topic: Info Wanted: Who wants to send me an Elite Pioneer laserdisc player?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/116242/action/topic#116242
Time: 17-Jun-2005 7:40 PM — Edited 2-Jul-2020 12:19 PM

Have the Faces set. Can’t for the life of me make a significantly better version than TR47.

Using a Sony Laserdisc MDP-455 (which, I know, is pretty much shit), through and AJA Io at 10 bit precision which converts the video to 10bit SDI uncompressed, digitizng at 10bit Uncompressed into my Mac. I’m digitizing at 0-IRE hopeing to get every little bit of info out of the picture. But to no avail… while it’s looking maybe 30% better than the original TR47 after some heavy filtering in Shake/After Effects, it’s not worth the time pursuing.

What the cheapest Elite player I could get do ya think? Best bang for the buck? or should i just be patient and give the X0 project my cash?

Post: #111042
Topic: Is this set up any good?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/111042/action/topic#111042
Time: 2-Jun-2005 2:21 PM

NTSC is a YUV native format. Computers all work in RGB, so that's the disconnect. If I have a 10bit Uncompressed 4:2:2 video stream on my computer it's technically YUV. If I take in into Shake to do some work on it, Shake internally oversamples that signal as 16bit 4:4:4 RGB... That way, when I render back to that 10bit YUV codec, I don't have many worries about drifting color conversions and clipping.

Now if you're working on a feature film, for example, you're going to be getting scans from the negative at 16 bit with 4:4:4 RGB color sampling native. 4:2:2 YUV is a compromise in videoland of data rates vs the inherant inability of tape to hold that much data.

Not only does DV sample at 4:1:1, but's it's also compressed about 5:1. So you're already losing cirtical detail and color if that's your initial mastering format (blockiness in even colors like walls or the blacks). Mpeg is 4:2:0 and VERY compressed - so it's only good as a delivery format.

Now in terms of why digitize to 10 bit from an analog source: It's pretty much the same argument as vinyl vs. CD. That analog source is likely to contain subtle picture information that you risk clipping off with a DV codec or even 8bit. You want to overcompensate to make sure nothing gets away from you. In terms of immediate picture, you might not see any difference whatsoever (First generation DV from a Digibeta master looks incredibly good) - but if you're going to be apply filters and color work to that source, every generation of that digital video file will start to degrade quickly. And the same argument for a high end laserdisc player - it's an analog signal on disc and you want fidelity.

Post: #110854
Topic: Is this set up any good?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/110854/action/topic#110854
Time: 1-Jun-2005 10:27 PM

Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
Damn, Charlie. That's some serious horsepower you've got there. Do you work in video, or is this a hobby?

I work in a post botique. We're small enough that I can pretty much waste company time and computing power on personal projects without rustling anyone's feathers. And for all the gear we have at work, I still have rabbit ears at home and a playstation to watch DVD's

Sometimes you have to de-tech at home.... So hopefully I can apply some of our various geat to the task.

Post: #110849
Topic: Is this set up any good?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/110849/action/topic#110849
Time: 1-Jun-2005 10:23 PM

Alright, Faces set in the mail.... anyone wanna lend me a LD player? We've a Sony at work, but from what everyone says, that's a waste of time. I'll warm it up just for kicks, however, because sometimes you just gotta see it firsthand.

Post: #110833
Topic: Is this set up any good?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/110833/action/topic#110833
Time: 1-Jun-2005 10:04 PM

Originally posted by: norinradd
Originally posted by: CharlieX
@ Charlie X I was just about to purchase the decklink extreme, I have a quick raid but couldn't figure out how to connect the LD player up to the BNC connectors on the breakout cable, I have some old BNC to composite adapters I use on a kramer video processor, would these do the trick? everyone I have asked doesn't seem to know!

I have the Canopus ADVC 300 and its a nice tool and really cleans up and stablises the source but its still a 5:1 compression and I want to squeeze every last drop of detail out of these discs.

Make sure it's the Extreme if you're going to buy it (the lower models only accept composite and/or SDI). RCA to BNC adaptors will work just fine.

I'm thinking of buying a LD player and the Faces edition to give a go at my own set. I thinking of using an AJA Io to convert either the composite or S-Video signal into 10-bit SDI (which has a tight TBC and some exceptionally clean converters internally), feeding that to a Kona system, and digitizing everything at 8bit Uncompressed. It'll eat up room like gangbusters, but we have terrabytes of firewire lying around. I could bust through 3:2 pulldown in Shake pretty quickly, make the letterbox a nice pure black, and apply color corrections with a SDI ready Sony BVM (the absolute highest grade broadcast CRT made.)

Post: #110698
Topic: Is this set up any good?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/110698/action/topic#110698
Time: 1-Jun-2005 3:40 PM

I'm not sure what people here use to capture video.... but I'd personally recommend a Blackmagic Decklink card. With the analog connections it'll set you back $900 USD, but they're broadcast grade cards. Of course to capture video at 8 or 10 bit uncompressed 601 you'll need at the very least a high-performance Firewire 800 raid (like the Medea G-Raid) to capture. We use Mac's in our studio, but the Decklink works with PC just as well.

...but then I just realized that if you want to come in S-Video it's not gonna work for you....

Post: #110356
Topic: Kashyyyk question - spoilers
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/110356/action/topic#110356
Time: 31-May-2005 10:09 AM

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Originally posted by: Bossk
I like your story, Ric. That was pretty good. But honestly, I think that for the sake of time, they just cut out the scene where Bail Organa asks Captain Antilles to wipe the memory on the Wookiee as well.

now if they'd just wipe my memory of the prequels.

Post: #110353
Topic: ROTS: What REALLY Pisses Me Off
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/110353/action/topic#110353
Time: 31-May-2005 10:04 AM

LOL!

Post: #109624
Topic: Lost Finale
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/109624/action/topic#109624
Time: 27-May-2005 10:31 AM

They apaprently have been signed on for 6 years of Lost.... honestly I think that's WAY too much for a concept like that. What does that equal? Say 24 episodes a year, at 45 minutes a piece....108 hours? You'd have to start making up the dumbest crap to sustain a story that long. Personally I don't want to waste 108 of my hours... just watch the last finale 6 years from now.

Post: #109585
Topic: United States Of NOOOOOOOO!!!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/109585/action/topic#109585
Time: 27-May-2005 8:06 AM

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!

Post: #109288
Topic: Lost Finale
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/109288/action/topic#109288
Time: 26-May-2005 10:35 AM

It's the only show I regularly watch on TV, ever since my roomate brought home the pilot before it had even been sold to ABC (it was great, used music from random soundtracks). Anyhow, does anyone else kinda feel let down? Hopefully they'll do what "The Office" on bbc did and end after season two despite the money. you can only drag things on for so long before people don't care to be lead around anymore.

theory: the guys from the perfect storm. they washed up on the island and are know the grizzled (and disgruntled) boatmen/others.

Post: #108557
Topic: A modest proposal: Should Lucas make more OT changes?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/108557/action/topic#108557
Time: 24-May-2005 9:35 PM

Originally posted by: Jedikev
If i had the chance i would to change i would....

IV A New Hope

GREEDO SHOOTS FIRST.

what?! you must certainly suck eggs. that's the dumbest thing I've ever read.

Post: #108551
Topic: Season Finale of The OC voted better than Revenge Of The Sith!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/108551/action/topic#108551
Time: 24-May-2005 3:28 PM

ha ha ha ha!!!! oh man you people are crazy.

Post: #108544
Topic: ROTS: Incoherence ... (attention, a little bit of spoiler inside)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/108544/action/topic#108544
Time: 24-May-2005 3:17 PM

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Originally posted by: Hardcore Legend

How do you know when the construction of the second Death Star began? I've never seen it.

easy. the characters is ROTJ weren't 20 years older than they were in ANH.

Post: #108291
Topic: who had the better actors/characters?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/108291/action/topic#108291
Time: 24-May-2005 7:41 AM

wing commander 3. duh!

Post: #107978
Topic: ROTS: After the 2nd viewing... (possible spoilers)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/107978/action/topic#107978
Time: 23-May-2005 10:41 AM

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Originally posted by: Darth Simon
=what gets me is she says 'somehow i always knew' when Luke reveals they are brother/sister. Which means she knew even when she kissed him...thats just wrong.

-Darth Simon

I've wondered if Lucas knew they were brother/sister all along. And if so, WHY would he have them kiss? That's a little curious, don't you think?